Mad at my child

[mom2rb]

Ok, I am so mad at my son right now that I had to leave the room. He pulled the towel bar off the shower wall, ripped the ceramic side part off the tile wall, and when it fell it chiped my bathtub. I heard the crash and then my child brought me the towel bar and said that he didn't want it in his bathroom anymore.

He is only six years old. I am so mad that I told him to stay in the other part of the house. DH is at work and I don't think that I can talk to him yet with out YELLING. So I am going to sit here and think about our wonderful trip in 54 days and wait for my husband to talk to him later.

Just wanted to add, this is a kid that is so good that I don't even remember the last time I put him in time-out. I have no clue why he did this.

 

[sweet angel]

Simple, he "didn't want it in his bathroom anymore".

That's a tough one. I did something similar as a kid (in an apartment, no less). I was doing "chin ups" on the towel bar and it came out of the wall. My parents were furious and, to make matters worse, I told them it just "fell off the wall" while I was in the tub.

 

[Disfan1]

Wow, what strength! When you are able to calm down, take him into the bathroom and show him all the damage he has done, including the bathtub. Let him know it's OK to want changes, but to let you & Dad know first! I would ask him WHY he wanted the towel bar off right then - there could be more to the story than he just wanted it off. Good luck!

 

[mom2rb]

I asked him if he was playing on it and it fell but no. I guess the good thing is that he doesn't lie to me.

 

[sweet angel]

Originally posted by mom2rb
I asked him if he was playing on it and it fell but no. I guess the good thing is that he doesn't lie to me.

I wasn't playing on it either.

 

[SnowAngel]

My girls have broken so many towel bars it's not funny. They are monster children.

 

[mom2rb]

Originally posted by SnowAngel
My girls have broken so many towel bars it's not funny. They are monster children.

Thank you, you have just made me laugh!

 

[aprilgail2]

Originally posted by mom2rb
He is only six years old. I am so mad that I told him to stay in the other part of the house. DH is at work and I don't think that I can talk to him yet with out YELLING. So I am going to sit here and think about our wonderful trip in 54 days and wait for my husband to talk to him later.

Kids do stupid things sometimes....
I remember my parents biggest fights were the times that he was at work all day and when he came home she would tell him to talk to us about something we did wrong during the day....it worked out well for us though because he was so mad at her for not handling it herself while he was out working that we ususally got away with it LOL.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Originally posted by sweet angel
Simple, he "didn't want it in his bathroom anymore".

That's a tough one. I did something similar as a kid (in an apartment, no less). I was doing "chin ups" on the towel bar and it came out of the wall. My parents were furious and, to make matters worse, I told them it just "fell off the wall" while I was in the tub.

LOL - This is EXACTLY what I did!(chin-ups) Except when my Dad came storming out of the bathroom and demanded to know who did it, my middle brother and I both pointed at my oldest brother and said, "HE DID IT!!!"

Well, my oldest brother got a spanking and I got off scot free - I know......... there is a place in purgatory with my name on it.